Work starts on townhomes, apartments, retail space in South Sioux's Flatwater Crossing

DAVE DREESZEN
ddreeszen@siouxcityjournal.com

12.05.18

Ho-Chunk Capital broke ground Wednesday on a mixed-use
apartment/retail complex, shown above in a rendering, as part of
its Flatwater Crossing development in South Sioux City.

HCI

Ho-Chunk Capital broke ground Wednesday on a townhome complex,
shown above in a rendering, as part of its Flatwater Crossing
development in South Sioux City.

Provided

A rendering of the proposed Flatwater Crossing development for
South Sioux City is shown above. Officials with Ho-Chunk Inc.,
which is behind the $75 million housing and commercial development,
say plans are moving ahead despite the controversy over sewer odors
in a nearby South Sioux City neighborhood.

Johnson

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- Ho-Chunk Capital formally broke ground Wednesday on two more projects in its Flatwater Crossing development.

The projects include a mixed-use apartment/retail complex and a townhome complex.

Ho-Chunk Capital is a subsidiary of Ho-Chunk Inc., an development corporation owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Ho-Chunk broke ground in June 2016 on Flatwater Crossing, which will add 1,000 new homes to the northeast Nebraska city.

The 200-acre development along the Missouri River is billed as a walkable urban neighborhood with scenic views, trails, wildlife and public greenways.

"Several single-family homes are also in various stages of construction, with more lots sold and in the design stage," Ho-Chunk Capital CEO Dennis Johnson said.

Johnson said the two latest projects introduce retail opportunities, as well as apartment and townhome living options.

The contemporary-style, mixed-use building will have 14 apartments and 6,504 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. There will be 10, one-bedroom units and 4, two-bedroom units. Both the retail space and apartments will be available for lease starting in fall 2019, he said.

The townhome complex will have five units with a "sleek modern design," Johnson said. There will be three, two-story townhomes with three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths, and two, one-story units with two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

"All will have basements and face the Missouri River," Johnson said.

Johnson added that Ho-Chunk Capital is working with PLaN Architecture of Sioux City on the designs. BluStone Homes and HCI Construction will perform the construction.

News

Grassley won’t welcome Trump challengers in 2020

James Q. Lynch
Journal Des Moines Bureau

12.05.18

Justin Wan, Sioux City Journal

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to Sioux City Journal
editorial board in Sioux City on Oct. 4.

“I will be backing President Donald Trump,” Grassley told reporters Wednesday before laying out his reasoning for backing the GOP incumbent who ran “on a platform that was very different than others.”

Despite that, Grassley said, Trump has “had such success with the things he said he was going to do” like tax cuts, getting Europe to pay more for NATO defense, supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression and changing trade relationships. He’s also delivered on his promises on ethanol and delaying implementation of the Waters of the United States rules, Grassley said.

Grassley also cited progress on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement and in reaching agreements with South Korea, as well as opening negotiations with Japan and the European Union. Trump also has reopened negotiations with China.

“And don’t forget,” said Grassley, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, “about 20 percent of the people who voted for him were people who wanted the judges on the Supreme Court he said he was going to put on.” Trump has appointed two justices to the Supreme Court.

The list of potential GOP challengers to the president is not nearly as long as Democrats who are considering White House bids in 2020. Among those seen as possible Republican challengers are Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Jeff Flake of Arizona, who are leaving Congress this year, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska. Govs. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Larry Hogan of Maryland also have been mentioned.

Ahead of Iowa’s 2016 first-in-the-nation caucuses, Grassley made a point of appearing at least once with each of the GOP hopefuls to introduce them to Iowans. He won’t do that in 2020.

“So that’s the way I feel. They’re welcome to come, but Chuck Grassley won’t be appearing with them,” he said.

The 2020 caucuses are tentatively scheduled for Feb. 3.

Justin Wan, Sioux City Journal

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to Sioux City Journal
editorial board in Sioux City on Oct. 4.